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Song of Songs 5:2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Song of Songs 5:2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
A Fruitless Search
2 W(A) I was sleeping, but my heart was awake.[a]
The sound of my lover knocking!
“Open to me, my sister, my friend,
my dove, my perfect one!
For my head is wet with dew,
my hair, with the moisture of the night.”
Song of Songs 5:2
New International Version
Song of Songs 5:2
New International Version
Song of Solomon 5:2
New King James Version
Song of Solomon 5:2
New King James Version
The Shulamite’s Troubled Evening
The Shulamite
2 I sleep, but my heart is awake;
It is the voice of my beloved!
(A)He knocks, saying,
“Open for me, my sister, [a]my love,
My dove, my perfect one;
For my head is covered with dew,
My [b]locks with the drops of the night.”
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 5:2 my companion, friend
- Song of Solomon 5:2 curls or hair
Song of Solomon 5:2
King James Version
Song of Solomon 5:2
King James Version
2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
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